NWS Cleveland OHMA.W 0131September 9, 2026
Special Marine Warning: The Islands to Vermilion OH, Vermilion to Avon Point OH, Avon Point to Willowick OH and 2 more
The National Weather Service office in Cleveland issued a special marine warning for The Islands to Vermilion OH, Vermilion to Avon Point OH, Avon Point to Willowick OH and 2 more, which was in force until 5:00 p.m. local time on September 9. It was the 131st special marine warning the NWS office in Cleveland issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.5 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Cleveland OH
- Area
- The Islands to Vermilion OH, Vermilion to Avon Point OH, Avon Point to Willowick OH and 2 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:28 p.m. EDT, September 9, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 p.m. EDT, September 9, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCLE MA.W 0131
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Nearshore waters from The Islands OH to Willowick OH... Open waters from Vermilion OH to Willowick OH... * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 328 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm northwest of Lorain Harbor to near Huron, moving east at 25 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and small hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Western Vermilion, Huron, Avon Point, Cleveland, Lorain Harbor, and Vermilion.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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